LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Police say they were able to quickly connect a man to the disappearance and death of a 5-year-old Utah girl using a new type of DNA test that can produce results in less than two hours. KSL-TV reports Logan police used a Rapid DNA test to link 21-year-old […]
Wayne County Officials have released the names of the two who died in a small plan crash in Wayne County Friday. The pilot was identified as Christian C. Simonsen and passenger was Lynn Ann Anderson Simonsen of Morgan Hill, California. The investigators from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and National […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry says the Trump administration is committed to making fossil fuels cleaner rather than imposing “draconian” regulations on oil, gas and coal. Perry made his remarks Thursday during a speech at an energy conference in Salt Lake City hosted by Utah […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Police say a brother and sister who shared an apartment in southern Utah have been found dead along with a pet dog in an apparent murder-suicide. The Spectrum newspaper reported Wednesday the bodies of 67-year-old Shandra Lee Brownstein and 68-year-old Stanley Thomas McCausland were found in their […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Officials say more than 250 airmen and up to 24 aircraft are temporarily moving to an Air Force base in Idaho as a runway at a Utah base undergoes renovation. The Deseret News reports that the 34th Fighter Squadron and the 34th Aircraft Maintenance Unit are relocating […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A dump truck driver was handed three consecutive prison terms of up to 15 years each for the Utah crash that killed six people last year. The Salt Lake Tribune reports 42-year-old Jamie McKenzie was sentenced Wednesday after he pleaded guilty to three felony counts of DUI […]
ATLANTA (AP) — New state abortion laws likely to become bogged down in legal challenges face another potential obstacle: prosecutors who refuse to enforce them. The Associated Press reached out to nearly two dozen district attorneys across seven states, and several said they would not file criminal charges against doctors […]
A 65-year-old Taylorsville man is recovering after becoming lost Tuesday in Sevier County East of Fremont Indian State Park. According to the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office, Search and Rescue, EMTs and the Sheriff’s office all helped in the search after Dan Millet called 911 after getting lost when he left […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has denied review of an Arizona case challenging a law that gives preference to American Indians in adoptions of Native children. The order this week leaves in place a lower court ruling that dismissed a complaint from a Phoenix-based, right-leaning think tank. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A body believed to be a missing 5-year-old Utah girl was found Wednesday less than a block from her home, bringing a wide-ranging search to a grim close five days after the child was taken from her home and killed by her uncle, police said. […]
